Bridging the neural gap

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 605-616

  Weber, Renata V ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MORBIDITY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TYPING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 31844441595     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.05.003     Document Type: Review

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